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Red Rock Mine

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019695
MRDS ID DC11169
Record type Site
Current site name Red Rock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.25564, 46.82711 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 0.25 MI ABOVE THE OLD MINING CAMP OF TOP O' DEEP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elevation Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012N 013W 05 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR E EDGE OF THE GRANODIORITE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Sericitaztion

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Madison Group;Jefferson Limestone{Maywood Formation;Red Lion Formation{Hasmark Formation
    Rock description Madison Group;Jefferson Limestone{Maywood Formation;Red Lion Formation{Hasmark Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.25564, 46.82711
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip FLAT
    Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Top O'Deep District

Comments on the production information

  • $10,000-12,000.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, TUNNELS, DRIFTS, ALL CAVED (1916)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL PARTICLES OF AU ARE SEEN EMBEDDED IN LIMONITE. AU CONC. IN POCKETS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown Conservation Division, USGS (no longer exists)
Updater 01-APR-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-91 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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